My Starlux Collection Part 1

Awesome! A kiwi! Not common among toys!

Beautiful figures, Willy. The antelopes are beautiful and of course, how can anyone not love a kiwi, in any form?

On a New Zealand-related note, has any maker ever done a tuatara model?

I think Kaiyodo/Furuta has done a tuatara. I think there is also an Austrailian Cadbury Yowie verson. I do not remember if Colorata's reptile set has one or not...

schleich61 wrote:

Beautiful figures, Willy. The antelopes are beautiful and of course, how can anyone not love a kiwi, in any form?

On a New Zealand-related note, has any maker ever done a tuatara model?

bmathison1972 wrote:

I think Kaiyodo/Furuta has done a tuatara. I think there is also an Austrailian Cadbury Yowie verson. I do not remember if Colorata's reptile set has one or not...

Yes KAIYODO made one which was a secret item in the 2nd Dinotales serie.

And COLORATA made one for it's Reptiles set :

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Hmmm...Kaiyodo and Colorata. Thanks for the info, Blaine and Christophe. Great photo of a very nice tuatara. He looks like he has an "old soul" which is appropriate, I guess.

Hi Friends,

here´s another Tuatara from Science and Nature, Animals of New Zealand:

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And here´s the Tuatara from the Yowies:

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So, like the three musketeers, they are four

Thank you Torben

Years ago, when I lived in San Diego, I went to visit the zoo. Through my dealings with animals I have made many friends in zoos and animal parks. Anyway in the early 90's the zoo aquired 10 young tuataras. At the time there were only 11 outside of New Zeland or Australia, and the San Diego Zoo had 10 of those. Anyway, I asked the Reptile keepers if I could see them and they said yes. For those who don't know about tuataras, they are cold loving reptiles, not really closely related to lizards even though they look like lizards. they have been around for millions of years and have not changed, the fossils of some that are 65+ million years old are the same species that is around today. Back to the story, they were kept in a huge, specially made "refrigerator" kept at 55 deg, with 2 generators in case of a power outage, they die if the temps get above 70. Anyway we were taken in to the room, and I just expected to see them, but the keeper opened the cage, took one out and handed it to my wife. She thought it was cute, but had no idea of what she was holding. He then grabbed another on and gave it to me, it was amazing.

Just a quick note, in the following years 9 of the 10 died, the 10th was eventually returned to New Zeland.

Kikimalou wrote:

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

I found some new Starlux items for my collection.
I could buy much more, but this particular seller is asking very high prices.
so i decided to buy only a few from him that i really wanted, and are worth the price maybe.
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Saberantelope from the WWF series
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The Graal ! It is the Graal of the Starlux !

One day I will have one

Thanks guys, i just love Starlux too!
Hey mon ami, don't tell me, that you don't have a Starlux saberantelope?!?
Just you and your huge Starlux collection...
Why didn't you tell me? Pourquoi?
Maybe my seller has another one?
Is this one of the rarest Starlux to get then, or just one of the rarest?

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Thanks guys, i just love Starlux too!
Hey mon ami, don't tell me, that you don't have a Starlux saberantelope?!?
Just you and your huge Starlux collection...
Why didn't you tell me? Pourquoi?
Maybe my seller has another one?
Is this one of the rarest Starlux to get then, or just one of the rarest?

So you didn' know I haven't got the Sable ?!? I thought you knew my collection better than me

About my hhhuuuggghhheee STARLUX collection... It is not hughe now but it was : I sold some a few years ago for some philosophical reasons which can change of course because of philosophical reasons
But even when it was hughe, I never had the sable, walking gorilla and pygmy hippo But surely one day...

About the sable, it is IMHO the rarest of all the STARLUX wild animals.

Very nice additions Willy, I like the sable antelope and kiwi most

Thanks for the additional tuatara photos, Torben. They are quite nice, and the Yowie is charming.

Great story, Phil. So, you handled a dinosaur, eh?!

Philter4 wrote:

Years ago, when I lived in San Diego, I went to visit the zoo. Through my dealings with animals I have made many friends in zoos and animal parks. Anyway in the early 90's the zoo aquired 10 young tuataras. At the time there were only 11 outside of New Zeland or Australia, and the San Diego Zoo had 10 of those. Anyway, I asked the Reptile keepers if I could see them and they said yes. For those who don't know about tuataras, they are cold loving reptiles, not really closely related to lizards even though they look like lizards. they have been around for millions of years and have not changed, the fossils of some that are 65+ million years old are the same species that is around today. Back to the story, they were kept in a huge, specially made "refrigerator" kept at 55 deg, with 2 generators in case of a power outage, they die if the temps get above 70. Anyway we were taken in to the room, and I just expected to see them, but the keeper opened the cage, took one out and handed it to my wife. She thought it was cute, but had no idea of what she was holding. He then grabbed another on and gave it to me, it was amazing.

Ah, this is amazing story Phil, thank You for telling it It must be beautiful feeling when You look at rare animal, and when You can keep it in hand it must be just great.

Ana wrote:

Philter4 wrote:

Years ago, when I lived in San Diego, I went to visit the zoo. Through my dealings with animals I have made many friends in zoos and animal parks. Anyway in the early 90's the zoo aquired 10 young tuataras. At the time there were only 11 outside of New Zeland or Australia, and the San Diego Zoo had 10 of those. Anyway, I asked the Reptile keepers if I could see them and they said yes. For those who don't know about tuataras, they are cold loving reptiles, not really closely related to lizards even though they look like lizards. they have been around for millions of years and have not changed, the fossils of some that are 65+ million years old are the same species that is around today. Back to the story, they were kept in a huge, specially made "refrigerator" kept at 55 deg, with 2 generators in case of a power outage, they die if the temps get above 70. Anyway we were taken in to the room, and I just expected to see them, but the keeper opened the cage, took one out and handed it to my wife. She thought it was cute, but had no idea of what she was holding. He then grabbed another on and gave it to me, it was amazing.

Ah, this is amazing story Phil, thank You for telling it It must be beautiful feeling when You look at rare animal, and when You can keep it in hand it must be just great.

Must have been fantastic holding one!

Ok then mon ami, so i have a very rare Starlux model now, which you didn't even had as a Frenchmen???!!!
I think that is a compliment, and i must be very lucky then!
But we will find one for you in the future my friend!

Holding those rare animals must be a special feeling Phil!
It must have brought you back in animal-history...